* Earlier decisions on employees at workplace, working hours, remote meetings, bus transportation, etc, also extended
The Cabinet has decided to extend the suspension of non-emergency medical services in private health facilities, including dental clinics, dermatology and laser clinics, plastic surgery clinics and surgeries, with the exception of emergency cases.
It has also decided to extend the suspension of services of diet and nutrition centres, physiotherapy clinics, complementary (alternative) medicine, home healthcare services except for long-term nursing contracts, and health centres for people with special needs, the official Qatar News Agency reports.
The decisions were taken on Wednesday night, when HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting through a video conference.
Later, HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr Issa bin Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi gave the details of the meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Cabinet heard the explanation given by HE the Minister of Public Health on the latest developments to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), and affirmed the continuation of the precautionary measures to combat the pandemic. These included the decision of the Ministry of Public Health on March 28, requiring all private health facilities in the country to suspend non-emergency services.
The Cabinet decided that HE the Minister of Public Health may permit any of these private health facilities to provide some of their medical services if possible through modern means of communication.
The Cabinet then extended some of the decisions it had issued earlier, including a reduction in the number of employees present at the workplace in both the public and in the private sectors.
It also extended the implementation of the decision determining working hours for employees and workers at their workplace in the public and private sectors, while taking into consideration what has been decided regarding work hours during the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1441 AH.
The meeting also extended the implementation of the Cabinet decision on remote meetings held by employees and workers in the public and private sectors who are at their workplace using modern technological means.
Further, the Cabinet extended its decision suspending temporary home services provided by cleaning and hospitality companies, reducing the number of workers transported by buses to half the capacity of the vehicle while taking into account precautionary measures, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's continued intensifying of inspection procedures for food and food outlets to ensure their compliance with health requirements and preventive and precautionary measures, including the practice of safe distancing between shoppers.
The Cabinet also approved the continuation of the exceptions it had decided earlier, and that these decisions are effective from today until further notice.
After that, the Cabinet considered the topics on the agenda that saw it approve a draft air services agreement between the government Qatar and the Macao Special Administrative Region of China.
The Cabinet then reviewed the annual report of the Permanent Population Committee for the year 2019, and took the appropriate decision regarding it. Among the committee's tasks is, in co-ordination with the competent authorities, examining the population structure, its characteristics and trends, proposing the population policy of the state and following up on its implementation after approval, in addition to preparing studies and research related to the population aimed at understanding the social reality in the country and at developing population policies and programmes, among a number of other tasks.
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